--- title: "How to Create an llms.txt File for Your Website | Ceyentra" description: "A practical walkthrough of the emerging llms.txt convention, with a template you can adapt for your own site in under an hour." url: https://ceyentra.com/ai-services/geo-aeo-services/articles/how-to-create-an-llms-txt-file --- How-to # How to Create an llms.txt File for Your Website A practical walkthrough of the emerging llms.txt convention, with a template you can adapt for your own site in under an hour. **Ceyentra Team**August 28, 2026 2 min read ![A friendly robot pointing at a text file listing website links](https://ceyentra.com/_astro/how-to-create-an-llms-txt-file.C4mvf_T-_ZdjMdo.webp) ## Key takeaways - llms.txt is a Markdown file at your site root that summarises your most important content. - It’s a proposed convention, so treat it as a low-cost addition rather than a guarantee. - Keep it short, curated and in sync with your real pages. `llms.txt` is a proposed convention, first published in 2024, for giving large language models a concise, curated map of a website. Where `robots.txt` tells crawlers what they may access, `llms.txt` tells models what is worth reading. **Set expectations** Support for `llms.txt` varies between AI providers and is still evolving. It’s cheap to add and useful for AI tools that read it, but it doesn’t replace crawler access, good content or structured data. ## The file format The file lives at `https://yourdomain.com/llms.txt` and is written in Markdown with a simple structure: - An **H1** with the name of your site or company. - A **blockquote** with a one or two sentence summary. - Optional paragraphs with extra context. - **H2 sections** containing lists of links, each with a short description. ## A template you can adapt llms.txt ``` # Ceyentra Technologies > Software development company building web, mobile and AI solutions, > including Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) services. ## Services - [GEO & AEO Services](https://ceyentra.com/ai-services/geo-aeo-services): Get found and cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI - [Web Development](https://ceyentra.com/services/web-development): Custom websites and web platforms - [Mobile App Development](https://ceyentra.com/services/mobile-app-development): iOS and Android apps ## Case studies - [Portfolio](https://ceyentra.com/portfolio): Selected client projects ## Company - [About us](https://ceyentra.com/about-us): Who we are and how we work - [Contact](https://ceyentra.com/contact-us): Get in touch with our team ``` ## Step by step 1. List the 10–20 pages that best explain what you do: services, key product pages, pricing and top guides. 2. Write a one-line description for each, stating plainly what the page covers. 3. Group them under clear H2 headings. 4. Save the file as `llms.txt` in your site’s public root so it’s served at `/llms.txt`. 5. Check that it loads in a browser as plain text and that every link works. 6. Review it whenever you add or retire a major page. ## Common mistakes to avoid - Dumping every URL from your sitemap. The value is in curation. - Marketing language instead of plain descriptions. - Linking to pages that are blocked in `robots.txt`. - Letting the file go stale after a site redesign. Is your site AI-ready? Get a free, human-reviewed AI readiness audit of your website. 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